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Spencer township, DeKalb County, IN

1,005 Population
17.9 square miles 56 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.6 ±5.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in DeKalb County: 38.4 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,777 ±$9,818 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $35,553 ±$1,297
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,018 ±$41,253 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeKalb County: $74,331 ±$4,948
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±19.7% (163  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 9.5% † 4,119 (±1.5% / ±630)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±6.3 (10,930  ±4,860) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 21.3 438,280 (±1 / ±22,833)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

325 ±115 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 17,096 ±290
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±1.5 (1,005  ±314) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.5 43,318 (±0 / ±10)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.9% ±16.8% (57  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in DeKalb County: 5.1% † 486 (±1.3% / ±128)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

357 ±119 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 18,384 ±42
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$210,100 ±$64,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $194,100 ±$9,085
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

31% ±23.1% (311  ±251.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in DeKalb County: 12.6% † 5,489 (±2.3% / ±1,009.3)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±43.1% (559  ±174.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 92.9% 27,730 (±3.3% / ±973.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.4% ±7.8% (83  ±51.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 20.2% 6,031 (±1.5% / ±457.6)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

9.9% ±7.9% (71  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 6.7% † 2,224 (±0.8% / ±274)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±62 71 Male ±62 N/A Female ±13

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